TEAM produces Heat Metering Guide for Building & Engineering Services Association

The Building & Engineering Services Association (B&ES) has launched a new “Guide to Good Practice: Heat Metering for the RHI”. Written by TEAM (Energy Auditing Agency Ltd) in collaboration with B&ES, the guide is designed to assist building owners, designers, specifiers and contractors to install effective heat meters and so secure financial benefits under the […]

Rural community set for windfall

A wind farm which will provide hundreds of thousands of pounds over its lifetime to benefit a small rural Welsh community is set to start generating. FIM Services, the developers behind the Mynydd Portref wind farm near Brynna in South Wales, will pay £20,000 a year into a community fund to support local amenities. The […]

Blog: So you’re an Olympic sponsor – so watt?

The sheer power of the moment when the huge bronzed Olympic cauldron burst into flames in the darkened Olympic Stadium over the weekend is undeniable. For millions watching in Great Britain and around the world, it’s an image that will be burned into the memory for years to come. Hoping to latch onto the unforgettable […]

Saudi power outages during Ramadan

Saudi Arabia is experiencing continued power cuts because of an increase in electricity use linked to the religious festival of Ramadan, according to press reports. Power outages are said to have hit the city of Jeddah on the coast of the Red Sea which is home to the Island Mosque (pictured), an official at the […]

Scotland launches first marine energy park

Scotland’s first marine energy park is set to be launched today which will be built in the north of the country. The Pentland Firth and Orkney Waters will include the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC), where testing of a wide range of wave and tidal energy devices are already under way and will help boost […]

Ryanair profits slide on high fuel costs

Budget airline Ryanair is blaming a multi-million slide in profits on hugely increasing fuel costs. The Irish airline which operates 1,500 flights a day made €40million (£31m) less in the first quarter of 2012 than the same period a year ago, despite carrying more passengers. Michael O’Leary, Ryanair’s Chief Executive said today: “As we previously […]

National Grid to invest £3.8bn

National Grid expects to invest between £3.5-3.8 billion in its businesses next year with around £1.5bn of that in the UK, the international firm said today in its interim management statement for April to the end of July 2012. Chief Executive Steve Holliday said they were keeping a “positive outlook” for next year and expected […]

UK suppliers fail customers online

Two thirds of customers would actively discourage friends from visiting energy websites as UK suppliers are providing a poor online customer experience. That’s according to Global Reviews, which measured how easy it is to buy an energy tariff online from Scottish Power, SSE, EDF Energy, British Gas, First Utility, E.ON and npower. It claims the […]

MPs to look at shale gas impact on energy market

MPs on Parliament’s energy watchdog are launching an inquiry into the impact of shale gas on the energy UK market.­ The energy select committee wants to find out whether shale gas could push down the price of conventional gas, as well as why estimates of the UK’s shale gas resources are so “changeable”. This follows […]

US sees rapid increase of small-scale solar projects

The number of small-scale solar installations in the US is increasingly rapidly resulting in job creations and cost reductions, according to a new report. NPD Solarbuzz carried out the ‘United States Deal Tracker’ study, which showed 40% of PV projects in the US currently are less than 500KW in size. The market research firm claims […]